Bernardo Cordero has always liked to be one of the first people to arrive at the scene. That was the case with Linio, an e-commerce company created more than a decade ago. That was also the case with STARTegy, his venture builder for fintechs. Finally, history repeated itself when he co-founded the real estate business Flat.

These years in tech entrepreneurship have taught Bernardo valuable lessons on how to make the best use of blue oceans. His learnings go from retaining the best employees to picking the right initiatives to scale.

In this episode, Bernardo and I talked about:
- How to balance family life and business life, and how to retain top talent in the early days of a startup;
- Bernardo's endeavors in e-commerce, fintech, and real estate, and what other opportunities Latin American startup founders will need to seize;
- What Bernardo looks for as a startup investor, and the main lessons he shares with founders.

My name's Brian Requarth and this is the Latitud Podcast. Vamos, Latam!

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Mar Hershenson has done it all. She's been a VP of product development and a co-founder of three successful startups.

With 14 patents under her belt and a passion for teaching, Mar has joined us today to share her insights on:

• What it takes to succeed in the startup world, 
• Experience as a managing partner at Pear VC to 
• Her early bet on DoorDash, 
• Thoughts on the role of academia in the startup ecosystem and much more.  

You won't want to miss a word of this conversation.

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Growing up in the Bahamas gave Stevon Darling an interesting world vision. He started his career studying to be a doctor but later was exposed to finance education and found his calling. 

He was, until very recently, the CIO of H2O Capital,  an investment company that focuses on large and valuable companies in LatAm. 

Stevon faces another key moment in his career, founding a neobank for the Caribbean and Central America. 

We discussed his upbringing, the work and numbers of H2O, investing in LatAm, the forecast for 2023, and his current mission to empower Central America and the Caribbean with capital access. 

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Hugh Strange worked as a VP of product at Nubank. As you know, being a company devoted to innovation and product development, his work there was full of rich and broad experiences. 

In our conversation, Hugh shared how to choose the right technology, build the ideal team, use product development for growth, incorporate the company's culture into the work, and some history behind product decisions.

It was an insightful conversation, and I look forward to hearing about his next adventures. 

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This is an open and honest conversation full of lessons and ideas from a dynamic and curious founder: Marcelo Lombardo. As a kid, He used to build electronic equipment for fun, buying parts, dismantling, and building them back again. 

His obsession with understanding how things work led him to start coding, giving him the critical thinking he needed to envision product development opportunities. 

In this episode, you will see that Marcelo loves to share his learnings, processes, journey, and results. 

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This is a special episode about a product we have been working on for some time now. 

Meridian is the business account for LatAm startups. You can manage your company's runway, move capital across borders, and keep your flow of funds compliant. 
To learn more about Meridian, go to https://meridian.latitud.com/

In this conversation with Patrick Kolencherry, we discussed the latest developments with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), our decision to launch Meridian, and why it is a revolutionary fintech product. 

Vamos LatAm! 

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Mercedes grew up in a household where inventions, product ideas, and web development were discussed at the dinner table. 

That unique environment created a curious-minded person who started her professional career on Wall-street but later became a startup founder and investor. Today she is part of Lightspeed venture partners. 

We discussed her interest in fintech, crypto, NFTs, LatAm investing, and much more. 

Show notes: 

Mercedes Bent's article on Crypto Utility. 

https://medium.com/lightspeed-venture-partners/the-future-of-crypto-native-consumer-products-part-3-utility-229e605bc3da

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It's 2023, and all startups are trying to find answers to profound questions that may affect their present and future existence.  

We invited back Dan Green from Gunderson Dettmer for a series of special episodes where we will focus on vital legal and financial information.

Dan works with all corporate and securities law areas, including company formation and financing, debt transactions, and investor-side financings. He got an exceptional eye for the Latam Startup universe. 

In this episode, we have a chance to overview what is happening with so many companies right now and discuss fundraising, down and extension rounds, dilutions, debt, vesting, and other crucial financial and legal topics.

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Yuri Danilchenko is Latitud's tech-co founder, and I have introduced him many times before.  Personally, what I find very compelling about his story is that we can see clearly how his personal experience helped shape who he is and how he works. 

He was born naturally curious about technology and is a great translator between product x business, and tech. He grew up in Russia during some history-defining moments and moved to the US, where he got his masters in Artificial Intelligence. He worked at several startups and, later, in Brazil, he co-founded Vamos. 

In this episode, we discussed: 

• The tech job market. 
• How to attract and keep talent. 
• Where the technology is heading, and how this will impact our lives and work. 

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It takes an effort of titans to elevate the startup ecosystem in Latam. At Latitud, we know it's not possible to do it alone; that's why we partnered with Jeeves to help provide access to financial tools to help founders in the most critical stages of their startups.

In today's episode, we will have an honest conversation with four great talents: Dileep from Jeeves, Antonia from ALLVP, Gabriel from a16z, and Jonathan from Investo. We will focus on demystifying fundraising for Latin American startups. 

There is a lot of good information here, and I am sure it will be helpful for everyone, especially considering the outlook for 2023. 

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